Cigarette extinguisher



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Patented July 13, 1948 UNITED jfsTA'rissA PATENT- OFFICE ff Y A`2,445,274 t CIGARETTE Ex'rINGUlsnEn-A- Otto Lewetsky, Ferndale, Mich.Application March 20, 1947, Serial No. 735,982

(ci. 1st-asv) 4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvements in cigarette extinguishers. It isan object of the invention to provide a cigarette extinguisher includingtwo resilient perforate members arranged in overlapping relation so thatthe openrings in the two members move in and out of registry with oneanother and thus cut oii' any ash or burnt end on a cigar or cigaretteextending through the apertures when the members are distorted and movedrelative to one another by pressure exerted against them; moreover theresilience of the members is such that they rea'ssume their normalpositions when the pressure exerted against their overlapping portionsceases.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette extinguisherincluding two resilient perforate members which extend toward oneanother and have overlapping extremities which form -a centrally raisedarch-like structure. Thus when downward pressure is exerted upon theoverlapping portions of the members and the arch-like form is depressedthe apertures in the members move into and out of registry with oneyanother due to the relative movement of the two plates.

Having thus broadly and briefly stated some of the objects andadvantages of the invention I will now describe it in detail with theaid of the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of the invention, and

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figures 3 and 4 are sections on the lines 3--3 and 4-4 respectively ofFigure 1.

Referring to the drawing, l and la designate two opposed walls locatedadjacent opposite sides of an ashtray 2. These walls, in this instance,are integral with an annular frame 3 adapted to rest upon the base of anashtray 2.

Projecting at an upward inclination from the wall I toward the wall la,is a resilient perforate member 4 having guide Eclips 5 secured to itsopposite outer margins; and projecting at an upward inclination from thewall la toward the wall l is a similar resilient perforate member 4ahaving guide clips 5a secured toits opposite outer margins. The clips -5and 5a engage the members 4a and 4 respectively intermediately of thelength of the latter so that the outer portions of the two members areretained substantially contiguous to one another in overlapping relationand together assume a centrally raised arch-like contour. It will alsobe noted that the clips 5 and 5a permit relative movement of the twomembers so that when downward pressure is exerted upon the upper member4 substantially centrally between the Walls I and la by the burnt end ofa cigar or cigarette the arched form. is flattened and the outerextremities of the members 4 and 4a assume the positions indicated at 4and 4a' and move nearer to the Walls la and l respectively. During thismovement the apertures formed through the said members move in and outof registry with one another so that any portions of a cigar orcigarette which extend down through the apertures in both plates are cutoff and drop onto the base of the ashtray 2.

In the arrangement shown, the resilient perforate members 4 and 4a eachconsist of a single piece of resilient sheet through -a plurality ofsuitably shaped apertures as shown at 9 are formed. Provided in theinner faces of the walls l and la are downwardly inclined slots Ill and10a of substantially the same width as the members 4 and 4a respectivelythe inner ends of which are supported in the said slots. The guide clips5 and 5a are secured to the resilient sheets which constitute theperiorate members 4 and 4a respectively.

While in the foregoing the preferred embodiment of the invention hasbeen described and shown, it is understood that alterations andmodiiications maybe made thereto provided they fall within the scope ofthe appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A cigarette extinguisher including two resilient apertured members,means supporting each member at one extremity so that said membersextend toward one another at an upward inclination from their supportingmeans, the unsupported ends or said members overlapping, means retainingsaid overlapping ends substantially contiguous so that said membersextend substantially in the form of an arch between the supportingmeans, and said members being movable relative to one another whendownward pressure is exerted upon their overlapping ends whereby theapertures in one member move into and out of registry with the aperturesin the other member.

2. A cigarette extinguisher including two opposed walls, a resilientapertured member supported by and projecting 4at an upward inclinationfrom each wall, the outer portions of the two members overlapping, clipsholding the said overlapping portions substantially contiguous to oneanother whereby they together extend in the form of an arch, and saidmem-bers being mounted for sliding movement relative to one another bysaid clips whereby downward pres- 4. The combination in claim 1, whereineach member consists of a single sheet of resilient ma.:

terial having apertures therethrough, and each u wall is slotted at adownward inclination from its inner side to support the inner extremityo1 one of the sheets.

OTIO LEWE'ISKY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date .1,658,885 Darney Feb. 14, 19281,977,437 Gaynor Oct. 16, 1934 2,224,234 v Pudlich Dec. 10, 1940

